On: How to manipulate people with font type?

[JarekS]

For the first 20 minutes this post had different title (much closer to the original one). No one has voted.

I thought of a little experiment and put on much more provocative title - and what do you know! It ended up on the main page few minutes later...

[GiraffeNecktie → JarekS]

I see. So it's basically "how to manipulate Hacker News readers by using a hyped up headline"?

[JarekS → GiraffeNecktie]

Hyped up? Maybe a little. But notice the font! It's totally readable! :)

[pbhjpbhj → GiraffeNecktie]

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